It was an Asia-on-a-Shoestring dream that brought Gillie to Hong Kong. Marc was managing an ad campaign for the Regent Hotel and Gillie was the star model for the photo shoot. Within hours of getting to know each other, they found a deep emotional connection that enticed their elopement.

The artists were married a week later in a quiet but colourful ceremony in a Hindu Temple in Pokhara, the Nepalese city 200 kilometres west of Kathmandu. Now, 25 years on, the two have been inseparable. Dogman will do anything in the world to make Rabbitgirl happy, but all she has ever asked of him is to simply stay by her side.